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Rochester Sentinel - Thursday, November 12, 1931
William J. WALTERS, 87, Civil War veteran and pioneer resident of Liberty township, died Wednesday evening at 5:30 at his home three miles west of Fulton. Death was due to complicatios of diseases incident to advanced years and followed an illness of eight months.
The deceased was born Aug. 15, 1844, in Mercer county, Ohio, the son of Henry and Elizabeth WALTERS and moved to Fulton county when a child. In 1870 he was married to Lida GRABLE and following her death he was married to Emma CATON on June 13, 1877. He was a member of the Olive Branch church and during the Civil war served in Company I, 46th regiment, Ind. Vol.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Maurice LOWMAN, Birmingham, Mich., and Mrs. Stella BENNETT, at home; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Fanny DILL and Mrs. J. F. KLINE, of Fulton.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Fulton United Brethren church. Rev. CHAPLIN will officiate and burial will be made in the Fulton I.O.O.F. cemetery.
per obit his father is Henry. Census data and marriage records show William and Susanna to be his parents.
1850 - Richland, Fulton, Indiana
1900 - Liberty, Fulton, Indiana
marriage B-586, C-469
WALTERS, William J., of Liberty Twp., Fulton Co., Ind. (WR “G” 247)
Date: 15 July 1925; probate 2 Dec. 1931, Fulton Co., Ind.
Heirs: to daughter, Stella May BENNETT, “to her two children, Arlene C.
BENNETT and William Russell BENNETT...among all of my children, to-wit:
Stella May BENNETT and Fannie S. LOWMAN, who are now living, and Omer
WALTERS ad Francis WALTERS, children of my deceased son, Julius M.
WALTERS; and Paul JULIAN, Fay EASTERDAY, formerly JULIAN, and Mabel
JULIAN, children of my deceased daughter, Ada A. JULIAN...
Gdn: (and if gdn need be) “appointed for my daughter, Stella May BENNETT,
or for her children, Arlene C. BENNETT or William Russell BENNETT (then
Maurice LOWMAN, Gdn.)
Exr: son-in-law, Maurice LOWMAN.
Wits: Nellie BRYANT, Peter M. BUCHANAN.
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